As one of the most talked-about figures, Ving Rhames has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.
What is Ving Rhames' Net Worth and Salary?
Ving Rhames is an American actor who has a net worth of $25 million. Ving Rhames is best known for playing Marsellus Wallace in "Pulp Fiction" (1994) and Luther Stickell in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise (1996-present). Ving made his big screen debut in 1984's "Go Tell It on the Mountain," and he has gone on to appear in more than 130 film and television projects, such as "Jacob's Ladder" (1990), "Entrapment" (1999), and "Don King: Only in America" (1997), which earned him a Golden Globe (that he famously gave toJack Lemmon). He has appeared on several TV series, including "ER" (1994–1996), "The District" (2002–2003), "Kojak" (2005), "Gravity" (2010), and "Monday Mornings" (2013). Rhames is also known as the voice of "Cobra Bubbles" in Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" (2002) and "Lilo & Stitch: The Series" (2003), and he has lent his voice to the video games "Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma" (2003), "Driver 3" (2004), and "Call of Duty: WWII" (2017).
Early Life
Ving Rhames was born Irving Rameses Rhames on May 12, 1959, in Harlem, New York. His mother, Reather, was a homemaker, and his father, Ernest, worked as an auto mechanic. Ving attended the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan, and after graduating in 1978, he enrolled at the State University of New York at Purchase (also known as SUNY Purchase), where classmateStanley Tuccigave him the moniker "Ving." Rhames transferred to Juilliard, joining the Drama Division and earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1983.
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Career
In 1984, Ving performed on Broadway in "The Boys of Winter" and played Young Gabriel Grimes in "Go Tell It on the Mountain." The following year, he began a steady string of television appearances, guest-starring on "Miami Vice" (1985; 1987), "Crime Story" (1986), "Tour of Duty" (1987), "Spenser: For Hire" (1988), and "The Equalizer" (1989) and landing a main role on the ABC drama "Men" (1989). In the 1980s, Rhames also filmed the movies "Native Son" (1986), "Patty Hearst" (1988), and "Casualties of War" (1989). Ving appeared in more than 20 films in the 1990s, including "The People Under the Stairs" (1991), "Dave" (1993), "Striptease" (1996), "Rosewood" (1997), and "Out of Sight" (1998).
In 1994, Ving co-starred withJohn Travolta,Samuel L. Jackson, andUma ThurmaninQuentin Tarantino's"Pulp Fiction," which brought in $213.9 million at the box office. That same year he also joined theTom Cruiserebooted "Mission: Impossible" franchise. Rhames has appeared as Luther Stickell in each of the franchise's movies, which to date have grossed over $4 billion.
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